Download or read book The First Mates Log written by R.G. Collingwood and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was a very influential philosopher and historian who taught at Oxford throughout his career. Just before the Second World War broke out, Collingwood joined a group of Oxford students on a sailing voyage to the Greek islands, on which he served as first mate and ship's carpenter. This book is his remarkable diary of that voyage.